La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, January 10, 1927, Image 7

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Newspaper Page Text: Monday, January: 10, 127.' LA UltANDE EVENING OBSERVER Pace "-Seven" 1 1 raiding apt! Improvement y-.r:zTi . hi 3 NEW HOMES TO 3E ERECTED HERE Eird Bennett, ..Builder, First Veteran to - Ap- J"n1v fm 1)97 Permit. Jurlnff the first woelt or Oils :.yer. throe ImibllnK pormits wero IkhikmI, euch providing for the cri;o- j i" tlojn of a .new r')itbnco bulbling in j 3ji Grande. - 1 ' Ilrl Hi-nnott, votcmn contractor lifilrc, tooli out tho rirt permit. '. which wu8 IhsuoiI on Jon. H, inul Which culled for a tfyhiiH dwelling place on KlrHt Hireet between It , anfl M uvenue. hast year JK'nnetL vu utao tho "lrnt to iippl for u pi-tmit. uIho for a tlwelllnK.- In his ' Herni al years In I .a Cramlc ln has coAHtrurtcd niuny homes and says theft he exports to ndrt several more.1 I tofhls total this y-eur. I n Jun. 7 two permits wore is bu1. r". " en Ward secured permission to . huMil a dwelllnK on Cedar street DHlween Aduins and Jefferson to co $2,000 and Cluudo . C. Pratt t will creet a home on J avemni be P twLen .Seventh' and Kishth streetH ttoflost $2,&o0, bringing the total amount of building for the first WfTk hero lo an even $10,000. Walla Walla Has 'Much New Building i . - : jVAIXA WAIXA. Jan. 10 'Hie yer 1026 wns one of the ontstnnd--. lnj( construction years in tho hls topy of Walla Walla.- The, biiilrt . - fnj improvements permitted- provo it. '.'Only two other.1 -.years .in the - put twelve brought liioro building hnfri than lfll'O us a glance over ; thirigur will show.i The total expended In building ., hef o last year was I473.3M and ' thf other years hIiicb J!U5 ,vhich ' exceeded that total : wore 1 fl 1 &; ,1h banner year, .when the 1m prAvoments totalled r40.firu and ?9j2, when tho sum or 5 15.400 ''.-wall pnld out for new const met Ion "i 1 . - , nvallnblo horaepowor from V,Watei' Is eHtimatetl to .'be 4 " 0 ,000.- 6ol of whiuh ;rmly.-R4ii aiM!("H0Hi hi fised at present. ' 1 Operate Your, Radio From The Light Socket v With Philco Socket Power H. & S. ELECTRIC CO. Hotel Sommer Bldg. Phone 393-W. "If it's on the air, Radiola will get it" ifi I vm inffc: KM WW s fk Gariage Door Sets Sliding and Swinging An easy-working garage door set a simple 'push and the dooi-s are open; a slight pull and they are closed. No binding or friction. Doors work, as freely and easily as any house door. We have the doors and sets on hand. I ' '-s: Van Petten Lumber Company Phone Main 732 for Service. Baker Construction In 1926 $507,311.00 flAKTMt, Ore., Jan. 10 llakor's lit 20 building permits fell con sldembly Blunt of the lSUfi niark although they wero above tho half million figure. last rtpuves show peiniils amounting to'tri6.S0 nnd this year they were $50 7,311, nc cDnlinfr to Hie city clerk's office. ; . 'Hie building of th new Hascho I liiif bonsted the 1H& figures and J distrountinpr this flKure tlie 1 j periuitn exeet'ijed Ihost; of l!l2f). , He re And There 1IKR il Til KU K build PK CAN.I1Y f 'unslrucllon hi-gins on n-v $S3.fMin union whool. ST. flKI.KNS I'irsl unit pr 5.- 5H).liuO );ilicr and ull) mill dodi- SAI.KM .1). A. I.annr will build $.ri,0iiO Htonitfo iarchoum. AblUNt Ori-Kon .Milk com pany will f-rcrt condensarj lirro. .MKI)l'-()ltl.) 7r.,0(l(l 1'ri.RbytiT lan church will bo completed this month. HITiHXE 1 lids' opened for tliree-Htoiy building. VAMI'A VKAIl (iOOP NAMI'A. Ida., Jan. 10 Kxropt In IH25. when Ihe bin Pacific Prult Kxprl'ss plant wan constructed lu re. iMillclinir in Niimpa for 11120 was tlio beavicHt In the city's bls tory. 11 iH shown by flKUres in the oll'lco of Kdwunl Moddon; city cn. Blneer. , In the' year ;iuL ended bnllillnff IiermilH issued UKffreyated :109. o:i;'i. In IH'jr, the total wa S :l 5a. -L' x n : In mil It wus ?2r,s.ii2r,, and in the, uniount wuh $ 1 1 ti.sso. AMt.wY in ii,nif; AI.IV.NY. Ore., Jan. to Albany I building pcrmils in exceeded by jriO.inni Ms 1!1'& record. Tnning (lie year it aut liorizoji tho con si ruction of new buildings aggre gating $2G,4H2 in value, according to tht-Yeeord of K. I. Nutllng, city ri'Conler. In I the city issued S3 build IhiyftermitH ttnd th-A-nhie of the fniildings const rurted was $21 1,105. ENGLISH COTTAGE WITH UNUSUAL PLAN " , By V. W. PURPY , ; i There is something, about this English cottago that is very charm ing. The steep pitch of ..the roof is carried down with a graceful sweep to cover the open porch, which is to bo screencd-in In the summer. .. Worn a small entrance hall, one enters directly Into the large living room, with lt,s French door bjading out onto the porch. Plastered archway leads Into a small dinefte, H being theowner's Intention to uso the end of tho living-room as a dining-room, -when enlerlatning. The Dinette contains a china cup board and is sufficiently lurge to accommodate- a table seating four or five. The kitchen is. well plan ned, the 'refrigerator is located In the entry. - - Who wouldn't line to hnve." an owner's chamber as largo as this with two closets? The. two other chambers open convenient- to the bath. A scuttle in the ceiling. of the hall provides access to a large vondlated utile. 'Tho bnsoment contains the laundry, boiler-room fuel, storage, etc. The portion under the porch not being excavated. Oak trim, oak floors.1lled Iri the bath, with pine, trim for Ihe bed rooms is the matt-rial used In this home. The oak being stained & light fumed, the wood work In the bedrooms a pearl gray, with the doors a light walnut, very effective In contrast to the Old , KngHsh wrought Iron! lighting fixture fld hardware. , The cost, using franio on the outside walls, wood shingles on tho roof, stone work around tho rront door, wi(h iron rail, is placed at $7,000 to $9,000, exclusive of heat ing and plumbing. ' ; 1 l RIXCK IS TAIJ, NRW YOllIC Prince William . . o..-n.tnn'' Id nnn.lilnHnir n n invt- Jtatlon to become. a:menibcr of the .lloddy l.onu l.ega club of f'olum bla. Ohio. The Invitation came to the prlncp.'who is'six feet four 'inches, I'rotn ofivcrnor Vio.Dona 'hey, u charter member,. The club's I n.,..nur lu tn aeek lnnt.ee beds. liiKher doorways etc.. and 1t ob jects to wise cracks nbout tall fU lows. , , ' KXOHANOK l'K-Il Kl ATLANTA Hobby Jones and Gcor-o Von Klni, who huvo con tested annually to " decide which shall hold u blue ribbon sporting title, think so much of each other that they have Just exchanged pic tures by . telephone In a new ar rangement for service between At lantu and l.os Angeles. v Storm Center Cyrus k. Woods of Pennsylvania, former U. 8. ambassador to Japan, Js center of the latest political storm In Washington. Appointed to the Interstate Commerce Com mission, he Is meeting Ihe oppo stlloti of a large group of western and southern senators. He ws campaign manager for Senator Pepper, In Pennsylvania's "slush fund" primary. mwf- mm ' f 6lFl"TCMtK ' i i o i U. P, BUILDS NEW COMBINATION CAR Electric Coaches to Re place Locomotives -on J' ' 'Western jBrnehes ' OMAHA, Jun. - 8..; Passenger trains that run without locomotives wiH'be the next contribution of the! I-'hlun. i'aeific to modern railroad-' lag- -This unusual feat ,wlll be ac- compllshed through the operaiou oi ii i eeemiy uHveiupeu tyjie ui eiee- j trie oar. 'ten of which have been j purchased by the Union Paeiflc for Immediate 'service onp- certain branch lines, nnd slinrt runs In Kansas, ;olirado, Idaho and Wash-, ingtoii, releasing steam locomotives now In UHeVon tlieso runs, , ! The secret . of how the Union Pacific will bring this about Is re vealed in the for ward, end of the: new style passenger cars. Instead j of the ordinary vestibule there is a j snug little room where the power unit In located. This unit consists of an .Internal combustion engine ( running a dynamo and generating axles wlileh drive the car. Combined I'nlt. Power Itecauso this power nnjt is a com bined gasoline engine and electric generator, '.the cars have been named "(inK-Uleetrics." L They are Miil'tclemly, powerful to pull a Go ton trailer, "whlrh may be an ad ditional pauKenger coacli, baKiige. mail or express car, a standard Pullman sleeper, or even a londejl freight or eoal car. - ThTee different types' of cars having the uniform length of VI feet are represented in the JO or dered. Five are all-passenger cars, four are combination passenger-baggage-mati cars and one Is a pas sengur baggage combination. Scat 70 Persons Tho all-passenger cars each seat 7il people, 46 in the main compart ment, and 24 lu thu, smoking rom, located just back of the engine room. The passeriger-baggage-mall cars each seat 24. They, have 23 feet uf baggage space with a Ki foot mall Miction. Fifty-six persons can be seated In the paxsenger-b;ig-gago car. which provides twenty feet of baggage space. The cars are of all-steel construction throughout Ihtsseiwer compartments are fit led with modern appliances f"' comfort and convenience of travel ers, Hagguge compartments are supplied with up-to-date equip ment, and tli A mall sections are constructed and equipped to con form to standards anil regulations of the l. S. railway mall serviee. Four of the a II -passenger type cars are equipped' with engines of 220 horsepower. Two of these will be used between Pelleville and Junction City, Kansas and the other two will operale.between Haiinu and Oakley. The remaining six cars carry engines of 275 horsepower euch. One of these, the fifth nli passenger car. Is for service be tween Denver and Fort Collins, Colo. OpcraW) In Malio The passenger-baggage-mnfl oars will all operate In Idaho on the Cue he Junction to Preston, Sho shone to Ketchum and Itlackfoot lo Macjay,' runs. The fourth will operate Between Ashton, the town of the famous Amerlcnn dog derby to Victor, near the Telon moun tains. The oneytmKHpngr-haggage car will run between Wallula and Yaklmji. In Washington, . ( , All of these cars will supplant steam trains now In operating be tween points named. The average cost -of tho now cars Is approximately $40,000 each, varying according lo the typo nf car rfonstructed, and is slight ly inure thun'-idO.ooO fur the Um. This sum VoulVl purchase only f(Ur modern tfleltm locomotives, whleh would still leuve cars to he bought, where as the new (iaK-Uleetiics. combine both , locomotive . and passenger train In one picecof equipment. AHMY WOHKHR CITS LOOKM JMtfW YORK It's all right to turnhe other cheek towonl a belligerent but one turn is quite enough for Lieutenant Unail Hanks, of the Kulvalion Army, wlio comes from Louisville. Qolng to tho. aid of a Howery bum, who wns being attacked by a gang, t ho lie til en ant got a black eye. Pacifist methods caused another blow. Then Hanks cut loose and he was once a physical instructor. The re sults were such thai he was com mended by superiors. The paint ami oil business went off with n. Iiang this morning. Nearly cvcrylasly that lias any jobs wnriliwhlle always make a It-llnc for the Priill UunilM'r Co. If It Isn't right, we jhhUo it Hglil. IT oii rind a fellow some time howling around a goon I ibiil sajlng that Prntl ilhl tills nrPratr did Hint, a.k liltti If lie jiiihi iuhI stHfkr to Mr. Pratt himself alKmt it. Soniit people think beeaiiso a lumber man Is a preacher thai lie has to be crooked. We iuc not using a preaelH'r or religion an ti cloak to hide under. We are Just a inn ii among men nnd we carry rubber In our lead fiendl heeaiiu we arc' subject to mislakes. If anyone, lias an I hlng against nu', (iiiie right straight in us and we will make It right or gi out of iMIiflCNS. lie certainly nppni Lite Ih; lai-g-e VfMuine of business: thai w uif doing and we cnvt tn lUt everything possible this )'ur lo make your bin den as light as tos sllile hi Ihe building material line A load !ThtK to Cine ami wicral loads going lo different pails of Ihe elly and ollM-r Mplo rorT lug It away In I heir nl ears or In their hands or on 1lufr Imrks, Claude C. Pratt Lumber Co. -The Poor Bitn'i Ttiroif Nrr Pounitrr. I'lioud Main 14 No Hrairtj lliulaeaa. COAST BUILDING OUTLOOK BRIGHT , ny W, K. HOWKH Vice rreshlent S. W. Klruun & Co. llulldlng construtction for the oponinir inonlh. of 1H2? In our rn clfle const cities 'will doubtless continue to reflect thut tendency , toward conservatism which has j beep u. dlslinguishinif churacterls ttfvof the, year now closing. There , Is ln; iii'eseiu1' Indication .ol'miy inaliiJal'-lcasciilng of buildliig ac- j tlvlty .In..' the '.far. .w'est ;al'ca, but , the .btilldlug. pr'ogrnnv seQms liltely ' to 'continue on' tho steady und slubilixt-d busif:of. 192 fit a some what lower voluine than that of . - "' '."?;. ' ; While the 'tiital, of bulldlnK for , which .permits; wr-re' .Issued In H5 principal I'uclflc coast cities dilr- j Ing l!tjt nmounts to approximately ' 4iiT.(i(iu,(ino und Is about .10 per! cent below the comparablo figure of il2fi, the reduction has been evi dent :only in those centers where an unhealthful overproduction of floor apace and houslntr seemed ihreatcqed) ' It bus proven a wise ....t ,.e 1. 1,11. 1. ... im.l I'"'', wii i.ii- iuit wi ......... .n . those who finance building opera-! Hons and has resulted In maintain- I Ing, generally, unstable und satis, j factory schedule of occupancy. J That tho normal growth of these cities will force un udvanco In building construction -before end of 1!)S7 seems proliulile. . Thirne j cities ure. the mdst of them, grow ing at a greuter puce thun am the cities of eastern stutes, yet tho 11120 I reduction. In building uctlvily has I been relatively, grijuter In the west, although'lthii December estimates .Indicate a general reduction of ap pro mate y J3on,iiu 000 in tne na tional building"" program of 1!)20 as coiiiparcd, wil 1026. Harring, r iiffoVeseen economic disturbances,'. Imsiness generully should be good'durlng 1BS7. There is no Indication of u business slump ' ihut ill cuiise widespread iinem-i ploymiiBl fir IJiut will cuuso a sharp i dcclluB In ' const ruction projects. The i urmiirlis of ' business depres. slon In the building Industry aro absent. Cosls of building mulerials ' tire stable,-lubor:ls highly efficient nnd: waires . generally Blublllicd. ' As' the inoney inarltft l a mosj depenilnbln barometer of business, It can bil seen thut there uro ample funds with which to curry forwurd essentlul and' necessury building Imiirovemenls.. In the nurly purt nt 1027 there will likely be no morn thun the seasonal variation in money rates. '.-. . The building situation in tho west as throughout tho country generally, Is In fact more labili.ed than a few months ago, and there Is every, reason, to believe that this Industry will continue In lurge vol ume, to iiiccl- tle ever-Increasing demands of the, American people. . I j i ii 11 i ii i i 1 1 , y WHEN BUILDING A HOME Consult us and let us help you plan your electric outlets. We will be glad to give you the benefit of our experience j Free of La Grande Electric Co. "Everything Electrical" : ' i 1412 Adams Ave. A home isn't a home Fred Spaeth PLUMBING, HEATING and SHEET-METAL WORKS ' 108 FIR STREET PHONE MAIN , READ THE OBSERVER CLASSIFIED ADS j Dependable Grades in Blue Mountain Oregon Lumber Long years of experience in lumber manufacturing enables us to offer uniformity in grade and quality and prompt service to the purchaser. Lumber, Sash. Doors and Shingles.' Bowman-Hicks Lumber Co. Phone Main 8 Dry and Green Chain Box Wood Phone Main 547 J. L. Munhall Charge r-ujrioirvi I tv r . If . IO ) wothout modern plumbing. II HI II U till 1 thfll ' mi 4